A/N Red and Yellow are not " officially" dating but Red asked her out on a date at the restaurant with the milkshakes. Just clearing up any confusion. So here is the first chapter in the Cgristmas festival series.
Recap: Ruby has to battle due to a deal with Saph and White made a bet with Black that. If she wins, Black has to ask her to the New Years ball.
Ruby's POV
BLAH BLAH BLAH the speaker was saying the same old introduction that they give every year about trying your hardest and the rules such as it's single elimination but I wasn't paying attention because I was to busy freaking out about having to battle. then I heard "The brackets have been posted on every wall and should have been handed out to every student by now. The tournament starts in 15 minutes. I hereby declare this year's battle tournament OPEN!" Lots of cheers went up but dread was filling on me as the voice faded. I finally looked down at the bracket hoping for a really hard oppent that could actually beat me. Due to how many people are participating the list was quite long but I finally found my name. I silently rejoiced. They put me against Yellow first who always forfeits. Then I would either face someone named Keith or someone named Albert.
15 minutes later
Yellow and I took our positions. The referee was about to explain the rules of the battle when Yellow spoke up and told him that she forfeits. The ref sweat dropped and declared me the winner. I already broke my record in the 7 years I have attended this tournament. I shook hands with Yellow and I went to see Saph's fight.
White's POV
I took my place in the battle holding my Lucario's pokeball at the ready. my opponent, Joey was way to excited and was currently jumping up and down. The referee told us that it was the second round and that it was a single pokemon match first to be KOed lost and was eleminated. We shook hands and Joey told me, "my ratatta is in the top 10%, you are definitly going to lose." I sweat dropped and tried my hardest not to facepalm. He just gave away his pokemon. Not that it would make a difference, but still.
"Go Rattata!"
"Go Obi!"
My Lucario raised an eyebrow at me but I just shrugged.
"Aurosphere!" The attack never misses, has great power, and was super effective plus the opponent was a Rattata. It fainted in one shot. Another round won.
Red's POV
"Good game." I shook my opponents hand.
The part that I kept to myself was that it wasn't a good match. The guy was terrible, or at least compared to me. Then again I could count the people who could give me a run for my money in this tournament on one hand. I checked the bracket to see who I faced next, but of course I hadn't updated it yet. Since this was the end of prelims I still haven't faught a serious opponent. The people who put it together learned a long time ago to separate the battlers at least until prelims were over. Now that I think about it, they always place me and Green at the opposite ends of the bracket. Talk about catering to public appeal. The third and last round of prelims going to start in 5 minutes and I still haven't figured out who my opopponent is. I went to the front where the updated bracket was posted on a projected screen. Only 64 people remained. I found my nameand next to it read CRYSTAL STERLING. Well, things just got interesting.
I made my way to the battle field I was assigned. Crys was already there and our referee was talking to her. I caught Crys' eye and waved. She waved back and the ref noticed me for the first time. He turned and I saw his face clearly. It was Gold.
"Got out all ready?" I teased him.
"Yeah. Remember White? Well she's a lot tougher than she looks. Her Lucario is something else."
"So how did you become a ref?"
"Well I lost the third round to Whie and sense I was in the 1st group and a ref had an accident I volunteered. Turns out people would rather battle than ref, so here I am. Let's get this show on the road. You know the rules. START!"
"Go Dash!" I called out my Arcainine.
"We can do this Didgit!" Crys called out her Poregone-Z.
"Start!" Gold called.
"Extremespeed followed with a stomp."
"Dodge with teleport and use tri-attack."
Perfect
"Substitute followed by Close Combat!"
"Abort! Dodge! Get out of there!" Crys commanded but it was in vain. My Arcanine had already pummeled Didgit who was now unconscious. she returned it and thanked it for its battle.
"Use your next pokemon." Gold called.
"Um Gold, that's the end. It's a single round match. That would be breaking the rules."
"Breaking? No we're just bending them a little. Right Red?"
Well I was eager for a challenge.
"Sure. I'm game."
Crys looked back and forth between us and shrugged.
"Go Chuck Norris!" she threw an ultra ball and a Meinshao came out.
"Aura sphere!" She called. A blue energy ball formed in between its hands and it shot out at Arcanine.
"Out run it with extremespeed!"
"Keep up the aura spheres!" The Meinshao sent more blue energy all sat Dash who couldn't dodge them but could out run them. They joined together to make a giant aura sphere, and it was right on his tail.
"Bounce over the Meinshao!" Dash took a huge leap over Chick Norris, who was charging yet another aura sphere, and kept running. The big ball of energy kept going still trying to follow Dash but Meinshao was in between the it and Dash and it ran into Chuck Norris instead. When the smoke cleared we saw that the Meinshao was unconscious. The only thing that can stop Chuck Norris is himself.
"Send out your next pokemon Crys." Gold said with a smirk.
"How about no! I've had enough. Thanks for the battle Red." She shook my hand.
"Yeah it was fun. Good job Crys. That was the best battle I've had all day."
"Well, I'll be cheering you on from the sidelines so look for me!" she called as she walked away.
"See-ya Red. Good luck!" Gold followed after Crys."
The intercom clicked on
-That concludes the preliminary rounds. If you are still in congratulation. The next set of rounds will be a triple battle. We will now take a short break. The tournament will resume in 30 minutes. -click.
I went to go heal Dash when I spotted a familiar ponytail.
"Hey White," I called.
She turned around and saw me.
"Oh hey Red, what's up?"
I just saw Gold. Sounds like he had his ass handed to him by you."
"Well he said he would take it easy on me and used his Aggron. Not the best idea against a Lucario."
White's POV
"That sounds so like him. So who are you Battleing next?" Red asked.
"Someone named Platnum. You know her?"
"I know of her. She's a softmore protégée. She'so probably one of the best battlers here. She made it to the semi finals last year but Green beat her. She has a pretty tough Alakazam."
"Oh, well it will be fun then. So far all of my challenges haven't been challenging."
"You can say that again. This used to be a lot more fun."
"And who are you Battleing next?"
"I'm taking on Gray actually. He's a friend of yours, no?"
"Yeah. We go way back. Although I havn't seen him recently. I think he's working on some sort of project for engineering."
"Cool. Well only 32 people left. Both Ruby and Saph are still in which is odd because Ruby ALWAYS forfeits the first round."
"Well I didn't expect to get this far so I guess anything can happen."
"Well Green is up against Emerald. That'll be interesting. Emerald is one of the biggest contenders for the finals."
I looked for Black's name and started laughing. Oh this was absolutely perfect. Red gave me a weird look, so I elaborated. "Black's going against Flora. She has a not so secret crush on him."
"Oh well that's unfortunate for her."
I nodded, but I couldn't get the smile off my face.
The intercom clicked on.
-The first round of the secondary rounds is about to begin. Please make your way to the battle stations assigned.
Click
I said good bye to Red and made my way to my battle. I walked in to see that the ref was there but no one else. The ref walked over so I could confirm that I was me. A few minutes later a girl walked up and had to boys flanking her. One was blonde and tall the other was a little shorter and had brown hair. She said something to them and pointed at the ref. the taller one walked over and told him something I couldn't make out. He nodded and said.
"On the left we have Platnium Bertlez. One the right we have White Hathaway. Choose 3 pokemon. First one to knock out all three is the winner. No substitutions and it is a triple battle. The loser is eleminated. Ready? Begin!"
The way I see it, to many people have seen my Lucario and she looks like she knows what she is doing so I wasn't about to use Obi. The only thing I knew about her was that she owned an Alakazam and was really good. I made my decision and released my pokemon.
"Go Copper, Templer, and Dragweed." A Houndoom, Aegislash, and Dragalge appeared in front of me.
Platnium already released her pokemon. She had a Gengar, a Persian, and of course, an Alakazam.
"Copper, keep that Alakazam away from Templer and especially Dragweed. Templer, sacred sword on the Persian then shadow sneak the Gengar. Dragweed, shadow all on the Gengar. That thing is going down."
Templer put his shield away and unsheathed his sword. He swung it but Platnium called out her command. The Persian pounced right through my Ageislash and fired a shadowball point blank. Luckily it hit the shield which was on its back so it could at least stand and keep fighting, but it still took a bunch of damage. This time Templer caught the Persian on its leg, leaving a satisfying crunch and a Persian severely crippled. Then it faded into the shadow towards the Gengar which was across the field. The ghost was now fighting a winning battle against Dragweed but Templer caught it in the shadows by surprise, giving it a pulse of dark energy at the end of its shadow sneak. The Persian limped its way over to provide range support. I could tell that her pokemon were stronger so I had to get in surprise attacks and keep the numbers in my favor. I turned my attention to my Houndoom who was doing beautifully. Alakazam could see his teammates were out numbered 2 to 1 1/2. He tried to teleport to them but my Houndoom left on him and it was impossible to teleport with a dark pokemon. He tried to get in a focus blast but Copper dodged with ease. Even though Copper had the obvious advantage, it was all it could do to keep the thing from escaping and aiding its teammates. The Gengar and Templer were playing a very dangerous game of tag in the shadows with Dargweed and Persian sending projectiles at each other. It appears that something managed to cripple my Dragalge so that. It wasn't as mobile as it should be.
"Sludge bomb," I yelled to Dragweed. "Full blast. End this now!"
He charged a sludge bomb for what seemed like forever. The Persian took the opening and sent another shadow ball at it. He still was conscious but only just. He then spat out a barrage of very toxic poison all over the Persian. He squealed and started turning in circled absolutly panicked. Platnium reluctantly returned him. She gestured to her Alakazam who managed to dodge Copper's pounce and teleported over. Right behind Dragweed. He charged a shadow ball. Wait... Why not a psychic. Then it dawned on me. Dragweed was the bait.
"No Aegislash don't!" I called but it was to late. The Gengar was safely in the shadows well everything besides its hands who had grasped Dragalge's tail keeping it in place. Aegislash, seeing the danger left in front. The shadow ball hit him point blank, but this was a huge special attacker, not a Persian. The shield took some of the hit but about half still hit him in the face. I could tell he was barly standing, but before he could retaliate the Alakazam teleported away again. Instead of hitting the Alakazam, it changed targets and hit the Gengar who was still in the shadows. It was to much and the Gengar fainted. It was now a 3-1 situation, but two of my pokemon were almost collapsed. I turned to pay attention to my Houndoom just in time to see a huge explosion. The very edge of the focus blast grazed Copper. It didn't take a huge amount of damage but it was still enough to throw him to the ground. Platnium took the opprotunity to teleport back to my other two pokemon. It sent two psychics out of both of its spoons and knocked them both out with a flick of each wrist. Now it was one on one.
"Alright Copper. It won't be distracted anymore, you have its full attention. No more psychic moves. You have to get in close."
"Focus blast the living crap out of it Kaz!"
"Protect and use Torment Copper!"
"He but up a protective barrier which the barrage of focus blasts ran into. It wouldn't hold long though. Copper started mocking Alakazam and stuck its out its tongue. It noticeably aggravated the Alakazam, and the next focus blast never left the spoons. Just in time because the one before it shattered the protect. The two started moving in circles.
"Crunch Copper."
"Disable now!"
The Houndoom left at the Alakazam and bounded on top of it pinning it, but it seemed at if its teeth retracted into its mouth making it unable to finish the attack.
"Flamethrower!"
"Role Play!"
The flamethrower hit the Alakazam in full force but it did... Nothing. In fact it looked, more powerful.
"Charge Beam!"
Uh-oh
My Houndoom went flying back and hit the wall. However it wasn't nearly out.
"Focus Blast"
He lept away easily. The move didn't have very good agility to begin with plus Copper had impeccable speed.
I was about to use another flamethrower, but then it clicked. It copied Copper's Flash Fire and powered up because of the first flamethrower and again because of the Chargebeam. Copper couldn't get hit again.
"Kaz, use recover!"
Oh HELL no!"
"Embargo!"
The Alakazam started to glow white, but Copper growled at it and it stopped at once.
"Chargebeam!"
"Faint Attack now!"
The Chargebeam came so close to Copper that I thought it was going to hit him. Then he vanished leaving the smell of burnt hair that the electricity managed to hit. He appeared behind and bashed into it. HARD.
The Alakazam fell to the floor, it's spoons folling out of its hands.
"Thunder punch behind you!"
"Faint Attack!" Wait... Oh crap.
The two attacks collided causing a big explosion. The two Pokemon were sent flying away.
"Come on Copper! Get up! You can do it!"
My Houndoom struggled to its feet. I could hear Platnium calling to her Alakazam and getting the same results. I heard a loud 'shrink' as Copper's teeth came out again. The Alakazam seemed more calm as well. Disable and tourment had worn off.
"Focus Blast!"
"Crunch!"
Alakazam started charging his blast as Copper lept at him.
Copper got there first and swiped its feet causing the focus blast to go wide.
"Thunder Punch!"
"Crunch again!"
The punch caught Copper in the stomach and the crunch connected on the torso. Both stumbled back trying to stay up right. They seemed to have a starring contest. Alakazam winced and went down.
Alakazam is unable to battle. White Hathaway is the winner. I nodded and went to shake Platnium's hand. She smiled and said.
"Next time it will be different. You got lucky with that last match up. Still, not a lot of pokemon can take out my Alakazam."
I could tell this wasn't bragging, just stating the facts.
"That was the best match I ever had! You are a very formidable opponent. I look forward to more battles with you." I said. And I meant it.
"Just make it as far as you can for me ok?"
"Deal."l I said and we shook.
I went to go find Black. unfortunately he wasn't there watching me. Actually almost nobody was. Interesting. That was a very long battle for a three on three so there should have been more people. Then I saw a huge thunderbolt filled the air. I rushed to see what it was. The answer: Emerald's Rotom Wash's thunder narrowly missing Green's Conkeldurr.
"Finish it Conkeldurr! Use fling!" The giant pokemon took its cement pillar and chucked it at the Rotom. It connected sending the little pokemon crashing against the wall, knocking it unconscious.
"The winner is Green!" The ref declared. The crowd roared in excitement.
The Intercom clicked on but had to wait a while for the shouting quieted.
-That concludes the first round. Only 16 participants are left. Round two will take place in 30 minutes. The results are posted on the projector.
Click
A sea of bodies ran towards the projector. It was a slide show of who beat who and the last stike of the battle.
The first was of Black against Flora. His Emboar's flamethrower, Clawizer's ice beam, and Manetric's thunderbolt all hit Flora's Florette KOing it,
A Wheezing used Sludgebomb on a Cacturn.
The next was of Red's Talonflame hitting Gray's Pidgeot with a brave bird.
I saw a Shiftree hit a Quagsire with a solar sam
A Flareon used overheat on a Scizor.
Following was of a junior named X and his Malmar bashing a Hypno.
Someone's Mightyenna used a slash on a Peliper.
Then we saw a senior named Silver and his Feraligator unleashing an Icebeam point blank at a Tanglegrowth
A Hitmonchan and a Hitmonlee were fighting and were evenly matched until the Hitmonlee scored a lucky critical hit and was victorious.
It switched to Ruby's Chandelore hitting an Arbok with a powered up flamethrower.
It shoes a tiny girl's Blissy using a seismic toss on a Greninja.
Saph's Granbull filled the screen as it was using a dazzling gleam on a Flygon KOing it.
Someone's Spiritomb used a shadow ball on a Dusknoir.
A kid I recognized as Z had out a Volcaona who used inferno on a Lucario.
It then showed my battle and my gambit as my Houndoom bit into Alakazam's torso. I cringed as its hand thrust into Copper's stomach, but in the end the Alakazam went down.
It then showed Green's Conkeldurr throwing its cement pillar at the Rotom.
The crowd was cheering like crazy. The little girl with the Blissy was actually lifted up. I heard someone say something about her being the youngest person to ever make it to the second round of the playoffs (she couldn't be more than 6). Everyone was shaking my hand saying Congrats or something like that. I guess I really was the underdog. The bracket was displayed on the boared. I let out a tiny gasp. I was facing Red. Well I got this far, no point in giving up now. I went to go find Ruby. He was the other underdog whom no one expected to get in the secondary rounds. I couldn't believe it. Only 16 people left and I was one of them. i finally saw his familiar white hat that was quite distinguishable.
"Hey!" I called. "Ruby!" His name got his attention and he finally spotted me.
"Hey fellow underdog!" He greeted. "How is it to be with the big dogs now?"
"Eh it's not all its talked up to be. I expected something more... Spectacular than a slideshow."
"Well last year there was confetti and a slideshow but it was too big of a mess so they cancelled it this year."
"You know I was here last year right?" I teased.
He shrugged and said, "I just wish I would get someone who isn't a push over so I can lose and stop battling."
"Why not forfeit?"
"I have a deal with Saph." He seemed like he wasn't going to say anymore.
"Well I have a bet with Black and after I go further than him I'm forfeiting. This isn't to my liking. I spent the last 4 years here and only about 30 people knew my name. Now everyone's in my personal space."
"I can sympathize with that."
The intercom clicked on
-Remaining contestants please make your way to the battle fields. The battles will start in 5 minutes.
Click
I made my way to battle field 1 because Red was seated number one. I checked in with the ref who also healed my pokemon. Red took his place as well.
"Begin!" The ref shouted.
Red sent out an Arcanine, Krookadile, and Galvantula.
I realesed my Lucario, Serperior, and Aegislash.
I didn't even hear what Red called but all of a sudden his Arcanine was on top of my Aegislash who was just able to get into the shadows before getting hit by the flareblitze. First things first, I need to get rid of that Arcanine. It's way to fast.
"Lucario start blasting the Rcanine with Auraspheres, Serperior, leaf tornado on the Krookadile, Aegislash, see if you can' trip up that Arcanine."
I could see Red's smile from across the field.
He said, "you know what to do dash." The Arcanine nodded and sped off as the Auraspheres followed. My Serperior had the Krookadile cornered for the moment. Leaf Storm was actually a gift, my ace in the hole. My Serperior's ability was Controversy. Every one it used made the next more powerful. My Aegislash was in the shadows trying to trip the Arcanine but to no avail. It was sure footed.
A thunder came down on top of Serperior. Luckily it didn't paralysis it, but it did distract it enough to get the Krookadile out of the rock hiding place it made. Meanwhile the Arcanine was still playing it's dangerous keep-away game fro Obi and Templer. He has quite the ball of energy following him. Luckily for me I know Crystal and what happened last time. I studied Red as I knew he was about to give ther order... there the finger snap.
"Now!" I called to my Aegislash and Lucario.
As predicted, the Arcanine tried to bound on my Lucario, but got an Aegislash shield instead. The Aurasphrere harmlessly was absorbed into the shield.
"Sacred Sword!" I called out. There was no way for it to miss ring that close. The Arcanine flew across to the far side where Obi was waiting.
"Bone Rush!"
Obi took a bone from who knows where, and started beating the crap out of the Arcanine until it became unconscious.
Meanwhile, my Serperior wasn't as fortunate. It managed to keep the Krookadile back but the Galvanyula was unstopable. Thanks to its compound eyes and wide lense, almost every Attack was guaranteed to hit. The poor thing was taking silver winds, thunders, and was caught in so many webs that I couldn't count them. The only thing keeping them at bay enough to where it wasn't completely dominated was the fact that it had used Leaf Storm and Leaf Tornado so many times that she was cover in a leaf twister.
Templer, het her out of there!"
"Oh Hell no! Use Bug Buzz!"
It let out a high frequency cry that made me cover my ears. It was so loud that it pierced through the twister sounds. I looked at Red who had put in a pair of ear plugs and saw that his Krookadile escaped under ground. Meanwhile, my Aegislash was immobile, but not taking any damage, same with my Lucario. However, my Serperior was taking massive amounts. It was writhe ring in agony, and I couldn't watch it any longer because I was very aware about how sensitive its hearing is, so I returned it. Now it was 2-2. Time to take out that Krookadile.
As soon as I thought that, the damn thing burst from below Obi and sent him flying twards the wrapped it to the ground, making it imobile. Meanwhile the Krookadile used Bulldozer on my Aegislash, who was still in Attack stance. Again, it aimed for Galvantula who tied it down. The for some reason, Red returned his Galvantula.
"Use earthquake Krookadile!"
The whole gym started to rumble, but the battle fields were suited for these kind of attacks so we were actually on a raised platform that was not connected to the ground beside it but rather came up from the ground. As a result the quake stayed in our battle field. Both my pokemon fainted on the spot. Oh well. I didn't expect to make it this far. Although now I have to hope Black loses otherwise I lose my bet. I shook hands with Red. Almost all the battles were going on. I found Black battleing Silver. They were both down to one pokemon. Black was commanding a Gliscore, and Silver had an Exedrill. Both were clearly exhausted but we're still slamming into each other. Silver had his Excadrill use magnet rise followed by a drill run, so he was on level turf with the Gliscore. It hit the Gliscore in to abdomen causing it to faint. Black shook hands with Silver. Determined to catch at least one more match, I went to find Green. He was batteling a boy with brown hair and brown eye. Green still had three pokemon: a hydreigon, Nideoking, and a Gyrados. The other boy had an Emgola and a ...Magicarp? Scratch that. Just the Magicarp. The Gyrados just took down the Emgola. The Magicarp was rubbing against the floor, almost like it was humping it. I also noticed a sock on the tail. Then the Magicarp jumped at the Gyrados and touched the sock to the giant beast. Electricity crackled and the Gyrados went down. Green's other two Pokemon were stunned into shock. The bow however was not. I heard an order that I could've sworn was splash and sure enough, the Magicarp started spacing out on the ground. Then, all of a sudden, it leaped into Nideoking's mouth and went... down its through. Did it just commit suicide? For some reason the Nideoking was grabbing its throat. It's face turned blue and it passed out. Then the Magicarp wiggled its way out. Now it was a 1-1 battle. Green ordered his Hygreigon to use Tri-attack. Itconnected and fainted the Magicarp in one shot. At least it was integrating if not stupid.
"Hey!" A voice behind me called. I turned to see Black. "Did you see my match? He asked.
"Yeah. I caught the very end. The magnet rise was a clever move on Silver's part. "
"Yeah didn't expect an aerial attack from a ground pokemon other than Shank."
"So I guess no one won the bet." I said nonchalantly.
"Yeah life goes on."
"So how did your battle with Flora go?"
"She was beyond easy. She didn't belong in the secondary rounds. Although I have a feeling the Acadamy wouldn't kidnapp her unless she was important so I guess battleing is just not her talent."
"How did she take the loss."
"Oh, I think she expected it. No tears or anything. Thank goodness."
"So how do you feel abo-"
The intercom came on
-And that concludes the second round of the secondary part of the tournament. The results and brackets will be posted on the projector.
Click
Everyone (including Black and myself) ran toward the projector. Eight video clips appeared.
First we saw Ruby's Swellow Brave Bird the Blissy.
Then Saph's Blaziken Sky Uppercut the Hitmonlee.
Then we saw the guy with the Mightyenna Crunch an Espeon
It then showed Red's Earthquake KOing my two Pokemon.
Silver's Excadrill was seen using magnet rise and then drill run to KO Black's Gliscore.
Then it showed Z and his Greninja take down a Spiritomb with an Icebeam.
Next, Green's Hydreigon's Tri-attack was seen hitting a Magicarp which earned a few snickers.
Finally, we saw X use his Rhyperior to KO the Flareon with a stone edge.
After that a bracket replaced the clips. There were only 8 people left.
The match ups were: Red vs Saph, Green vs Ruby, Silver vs Shadow(the guy with the Mightyenna), and X vs Z. The projector had a countdown timer of ten minutes. I took Black and looked for Gray, but he already left, sowe went ahead and found seats to watch Red and Saph's fight.
Red sent out his Haxorus, Venosaur, and Talonflame.
Saph sent out her Shiftree, Lapris, and Snorelax.
I was to far away to hear any commands given but the pokemon were blown up on a jumbotron so I could at least see what's happening. The Talonflame and Venosaur were tag teaming the Lapris who was alternately using Hydropump and Icebeam. Meanwhile the Haxorus wasn't having any trouble fighting the Shiftree and Snorlax. It was using its Dual Chop to keep them both at bay at the same time. Finally the Lapras faltered and was hit by a Razor Leaf from Red's Venosaur, which knocked it down. The Talonflame followed up with a Solarbeam to finish it off. Now it was a 3-2 battle. Shiftree started pushing back the Haxorus with Fury Swipes. I saw what she was trying to do. Unfortunately, so did Red. She pushed the Haxorus towards her Snorelax. Then Saph ordered her Snorleax to use Body Slam on both of them. Red just ordered Haxorus to use dig. The attack ended hitting Shiftree, but at an angle to where it didn't take the full damage. Then Saph ordered the Snorelax to use Earthquake. The Haxorus took a bunch of Damage, but the Shiftree didn't get away unscathed either. The Venosaur also took a bunch of damage. However, he looked re-energized. I realized that he had been using Syntheisis so he actually had regained HP between the Lapras' KO and the earthquake. The Haxorus came out under the Shiftree that knocked it out. The Talonflame used Bravebird that connected to the Snorelax,but didn't do much. The Snorelax used another Eathquake causing the Haxorus to faint and more damage to the Venosaur. For the next half hour, Snorelax tried to hit the two Pokemon who repeatably hit it then went just out of reach before being hit. Everytime the Snorelax was getting tired, he took a rest, and everytime the recoil from a Bravebird or double-edge became to much, Red's pokemon used roost/synthesis. It finally ended when Venosaur used a crazy powerful grass move that I didn't recognize. The roots started bashing the poor pokemon around, effectively fainting it.
After the battle ended, the intercom clicked on
-that concludes the third battles of the of the secondary rounds. The slide show on the projector will now show the results and the match-ups for the next round.
Click.
Everyone rushed towards the projector. This time it only showed four battles.
First we sawSilver's Breloom Mach punch Shadow's Weivile.
Next it showed Z's Tyranitar use a Brick Break on X's Tyrantrum.
Then the screen split in two as it showed both Red and Green's battles simultaneously. It showed an up close picture of Red's Venosaur and Green's Charizard. The Venosaur used the crazy root smack move on Saph's Snorelax and Green's Charizard use a move that looked like a Flamethrower on steroids. You know the finale of the Avatar the Last Airbender series, and how the Firenation was powered by that giant comet? It was equal to or greater than that fire bending move. It completely enveloped Ruby's Garchomp leaving a big explosion and a fainted Garchomp. The crowd started to go crazy and were screaming Red and Green's names. It took awhile for everyone to calm down but eventually it turned into loud talking instead of screaming. They posted the match-ups, and surprise surprise it was Red vs Silver and Green vs Z. the staff couldn't have their big showdown to soon, now could they? I watched Red last time, so I decided to watch Green this time. I made my way over to Battle field two where Green's battle was even though it wouldn't start until 30 minutes. It was going to be packed. Not as much as Red's would, but there would still be people standing. I sat with Black again.
"So do you know what Gray is working on?" I asked.
"Yes," he replied being unhelpful on purpose.
"What is it?"
"I'd tell ya but then I'd have to kill ya. And seeing as I don't want to do that I can't tell ya."
"Will I find out eventually?"
"Yeah, when it's finished. I actually help him out from time to time. It's gunna be big. It's tricky buisness though, he's missing one crucial piece of information, but after he has that he'll be able to make them fairly easy."
I was about to ask what he meant by that when the crowd stood up and started cheering. In order to I had to stand up. I heard one word spoken by the ref before the crowd started going crazy.
"Begin!"
Green's POV
I could feel about 200 eyes on me as sent out my three pokemon: my Golurk, Gyrados, and Conkeldurr. Z sent out his Espeon, Cloyster, and Tyranitar. Upon the Tyranitar's release a sandstorm filled the arena.
"Conkeldurr, make quick work of the Tyranitar. Gyrados, thunderbolt on the Cloyster, whatever you do, do NOT let him set up his Shell Smash. And Golurk, give that Espeon Hell. Attacking moves only."
My Conkeldurr hit the Tyranitar at blinding speed with a Mach punch. As soon as it connected, Conkeldurr caught on fire due to its flame orb. The Tyranitar took it like a champ and retaliated with a Stone Edge. It knocked Conkeldurr back, but he quickly got back up and flung his cement beams at the Tyranitar. however he missed because of the sandstorm. The two charged at each other and started wrestling. My Gyrados and the Cloyster were exchanging Rock Blasts and Thunderbolts. As a result a lot of explosions were in the middle of the area. My Golurk and the Espeon were plaing a lethal game of hide-and-seek. Golurk was using Shadow Sneak and Espeon was using Teleport. Every now and then, Espeon would launch a Shadow Ball and Golurk would try to get in a Shadow Punch. Time for my ace in the whole. I could tell my Gyrados was fighting a losing battle as the Cloyster was gaining ground slowly but surly. My Conkeldurr was evenly matched with the Tyranitar despite the type difference. That left me with taking out the Espeon, and I new how to just that.
"Shadow Sneak followed by a Phantom Force!"
My Golurk sunk into the shadows and didn't surface leaving a confused Espeon. Then my Golurk came out of nowhere and trucked the Espeaon, then Shadow Punched it while it was down. Then it vanished again as Epeaon struggled up. It made it to its feet just in time to be trucked from the other side. A Shadow Punch to the head was enough to knock it unconscious. My Golurk made its way to help my Gyrados, but it was too late. The Gyrados' thunderbolt hit 4 out of the 5 rocks but the last one hit him, leaving him in a daze. Another 5 rocks blasted into my Gyrados. He buckled and was blown to the floor. Another five rapidly hit his head this time and he was knocked out. I returned him. Now it was 2-2.
"Conkeldurr, use Detect! Golurk, use Earthquake!"
My Golurk slammed the ground with his fists causing a huge earthquake. My Conkeldurr saw where each shift and crack were going to appear and dodged accordingly. The Cloyster was shaken up but didn't sustain anything serious. The Tyranitar got thrown off its feet and crashed into the wall.
"Power-up-Punch!"
My Conkeldurr's fist started flowing as he swung it into the Tyranitar's chest then he followed with a Low Kick. The Tyranitar got up and lifted its foot. My Conkeldurr was still using Detect and put a wide guard over himself and my Golurk. The earth shook again and only the Cloyster took damage. Cloyster looked ticked off and used Surf. However, the Wide Guard was still over my team and all the Surf did was crash into the Tyranitar, causing him to faint.
"Mach Punch and Dynamic Punch!" I ordered my two Pokemon. They rushed the Closyster who was still dazed from the two Earthquakes. They punched and pummeled him till he fainted.
Too bad for Z that his Pokemon turned on each other. He would've been hard to beat.
I went and shook his hand and went to see Red's battle which was on the jumbotron. I ignored all the cheering and chanting that my win caused. I just wanted to see the end of Red's battle. I caught the last couple of moves. Red had out his Arcanine and Krookadile and Silver had out his Feraligator. He was spamming surf, but Krookadile used dig and Arcanine lept and tackled the Feraligator succefully avoiding the attack and throwing him off balance. The Kookadile smashed him from below and used a dragon claw to send him crashing against the wall. The Feraligator stumbled up and used a Hydropump at the Arcanine who avoided with Extremespeed and barreled into him throwing him to the ground once more. The Krookadile used Crunch effectively KOing the Feraligator. As expected, Red won.
The intercom clicked on
-the results are in. Give a hand to our two finalists: Red...
the crowd erupted into a cheer so you couldn't even hear my name. Not that I cared or anything.
-replays will be projected on the big screen.
Click
Since I had seen the end of both battles and knew the match-up I didn't go to the projector but rather went to find Red. Instead I got an energetic Blue.
"Hey Green congrats on getting this far!" She said happily.
"Oh, uh thanks? I guess." Damn that sounded stupid.
Her faced darkened and I immediately felt bad, but I tried not to show it. I had to look tough, I had to BE tough. I was about to go into the finals again and this time I was determined not to lose.
"So, uh I guess I'll be watching. Good luck." She said then walked away.
-Man I really had a way with girls didn't I?
I made my way to battlefield 1 where I had my team healed up. Red was already there.
"Hey. Ready for the finals? 6 years in a row. Damn I feel old now." He joked.
"This has to be some kind of record. The same two people in the finals 6 times in a row? How Is that even possible? Every year we were put at the opposite ends of the bracket."
"2 words my friend: Public Entertainment."
I smirked.
-He was right of course. Although he could be dense, Red wasn't stupid. After the first year, they arranged it on purpose to attract more interest. It was no secret or gamble about who the finalists were going to be. Even the winner was mostly predetermined. Although if I had any say, that would change.
The Ref came and told us to take our places. I walked to my end and Red his.
"This is the finals of the tournament," the ref said, "it will be a 6 vs 6 single battle with no substitutions; winner takes all. I want a clean, fair fight. No maiming or inflicting unrepairable damage. No cheap shots at the other trainer. Now that I have that worthless speech out of the way. BEGIN!
I released my Nideoking and Red released his Krookadile.
-A strength test? I can play that game. First things first though.
"Toxic!" I commanded.
"Bulldoze!" Red called out.
My Nidoking stuck one of its quills in his Krookodile's stomach as he Bulldozed my Nidoking into the ground. It did serious damage and hurt my Pokemon's leg causing its speed to fall. However, the poison entered his system, mission accomplished.
"Bulldoze!" Red commanded again.
"Protect!"
"Earthquake!"
"Wide Guard!"
"Brick Break!"
"Protect!"
"Bulldoze!"
"Substitute!"
The attacks and counters went on and on. Finally, the poison ran its course and the Krookadile fainted. The crowd started shouting boos.
-Well, love you, too.
Red sent out his Haxorus.
"Dragon Tail!" I ordered my Nidoking.
"Surf!" Red ordered.
Due to the speed reduction, the Surf hit fist causing a KO. The crowd roared in approval.
-Damn, this crowd was so one-sided.
"Go Heidragon!"
The two dragons roared in a challenge.
"Faint Attack!" I commanded.
"Dig!" The Haxorus burrowed underground.
"Work Up!" I took advantage of the useless ground move he used in his turn.
"The Haxorus came up and slammed into my dragon pokemon regardless of his Levitate. Mold Breaker?
-I thought its ability was Rivalry.
Then I noticed a little tube duct taped to the inside of its thigh.
-An ability capsule! I'm such an idiot! I could practically feel Red's smile. This is the sort of stuff that determines battles. It's so perfect too! You keep it on until Mold Breaker becomes obsolete then fling it so you can utilize Rivalry. So I'll have to worry about his ground moves.
"Dragon Pulse!" I commanded.
"Dig!" Red ordered again.
"Fly," I called out. My Hygreigon soared into the air. The Haxorus came out to only find that his target was unreachable. Then my Heidragon crashed into him sending him flying back.
"Fling!" Red called out. His Haxorus threw off the capsule and sent it flying at my Hydreigon. It did almost no damage though. The Haxorus looked enraged and started stomping the ground. It's Rivalry starting to take action. The playing field was now eveneve between the Rivalry and Work Up.
"Flamethrower!"
"Tri-attack!" The two moves caused a huge explosion but neither connected.
We both knew what was going to end up happening sooner or later, so why not sooner?
"Dragon Pulse!"
"Dual Chop!"
The Haxorus charged and my Hydreigon let loose the giant beam all three mouths were forming. A glowing ax-head connected into part of the beam and the other connected into my Hydreigon. The remaining part of the beam, hit him point blank causing the biggest explosion yet. When then smoke cleared, the Haxorus was down and my Hydreigon was still standing ER hovering, but barley.
Red sent out his Arcanine.
"Extremespeed!"
"Earthquake!"
The Work-up caused my Hydreigon to slam into the floor before he could finish the attack. It resulted in a quick KO on both sides. However I was now up 4 pokemon to 3. The crowd was going berserk. Mixed booings and cheering deafened any other sound.
Red sent out his Galvantula as I simultaneously sent out my Gyrados.
-Wait... Oh crap. This wasn't going to end well.
"Rain Dance!" I expected him to use the Rain Dance/Thunder combo.
"Hydropump!" The powered-up attack connected just as he finished doing his dance. It sealed damage, but not nearly enough to make it faint.
"Thunder!" The attack actually couldn't miss and it was plent string to one shot my Gyrados. 3-3 game.
I released my Conkeldurr.
"Sunny Day!" I called out.
The weather changed just before it realesed it's Thunder. It missed my Ape Pokemon, but just barley.
"Fire Punch. As I commanded it its whole body erupted into flames causing the fire fist to glow even brighter. It connected with the Galvantula as it shot out a String Shot.
-It's now a 3-2 game.
Red sent out his Talonflame.
"Brave Bird!" He called out.
Ìts Gale Wings made it a speed priority move and the String Shot slowed down my Conkeldurr enough to make its Mach Punch to slow to avoid it's enevitable doom. It took out my 3rd Pokemon.
-Why are our battles always this close?
"Go Golurk!" I called as my Automaton Pokemon was released.
-This should be interesting. Gale Wings vs No Guard. Plus it will be an ariall battle.
"Use Fly!" I commanded.
His transformed into rockets as he shot into the sky.
"Flare Blitz!" Red ordered.
"Dynamic Punch!" I countered.
The two attacks met head-on doing quite a bit of damage. Golurk would've taken more due to no resistance, but the recoils from the Flare Blitze and the earlier Brave Bird evened the playing field. Plus it was confused. Bonus, though I doubt it would do much given the bond Red shared with all his Pokemon.
"Shadow Punch!"
"Arial Ace!"
The two attacks hit head on resulting in another damage spree.
-Time to finish this.
"Stone Edge!" I ordered.
"Solar Beam!" Red shot back.
Due to my Conkeldurr's Sunny Day, the Solar Beam was ready instantaneously. My Ston Edge was not. I could tell that the Solar Beam actually would have missed due to the confusion, but unfortunately the No Guard works both ways. my Golurk put his hand out to block the beam until the Stone Edge was launched from his other hand, then he surrendered to the enevitable. He collapsed due to the sun charged beam. The rock that he threw struck true and his mighty bird fell.
-Now, like so many times before, it was down to our last two Pokemon. The match-up that I should always win, but it still eludes me. The match-up between the most powerful Pokemon at this kidnapper's school. My Charziard vs his Venosaur. The best way to end this is quickly. He will undoubtedly use Ingrain, Leech Seed, and other moves that help in the long run of the battle.
We both released our respective Pokemon. They gave out rebellious roars. His Venosaur was set on defending his title and my Charizard wasn't going to lose to him again.
-Finish it before he even starts playing.
"Blast Burn!" As I gave my order, the crowd burst into cheers.
I couldn't hear him, but I assume Red gave the order for protect, because the Blast Burn didn't connect. And now my Charizard had to re-charge.
-Glorious.
Red took the opening to use Ingrain. The Venosaur couldn't move anymore, but it was pretty slow to begin with so it wouldn't move much anyway.
"Flamethrower!"
"Substitute."
The attack hit the shield in front of the Dinosaur Pokemon leaving it almost unscathed. It's Ingrain and Leftover healed most of the damage done anyway.
"Grassy Terrain!" Red called out. Grass and Flowers started spreading over the battle field.
-Great even more healing. Well if He's gunna set, so am I.
"Dragon Dance!"
"Leech Seed!"
"Fly!"
Before the parasite seeds could hit my fire dragon he soared to the air.
"Dragon Dance Again!"
"Leech Seed!"
This time, as my Charizard landed to complete the dance, he was hit with the Leech Seed.
"Damn it! Taunt the fucking thing!"
-This was basically a repeat of years past. The only thing missing was the Stun Spore.
The Venusaur let out a Sludge Bomb that connected AND POISENED my Charizard.
"Gosh damn it! How fucking lucky can you get? Blast Burn!"
"Frenzy Plant!"
On a one on one with no advantages besides the type of attacks the Blast Burn would have KILLED the Frenzy Plant. Now, with the Grassy Terrain, Leech Seed, and the poisen hax, my Charizard was getting weaker, and Venusaur was in its home terrain with roots already put in from Ingrain. The roots and the flame were doing a deadly dance. It was a truly spectacular sight. My Charizard was taken heavy damage from all the combined attacks on it (poisen, Leech Seed, Frenzy Plant, ect.) and the flames that did hit the Venusaur were doing massive damage. Both Pokemon were nearing exhaustion and were not going to be able to keep the attacks going for much longer.
"Put everything you have into it, Charizard!" I commanded.
"Don't let them show you up, Godzilla!" Red countered.
The two attacks drastically increased in size. The roots grew thicker and the flames turned blue and grew even hotter. Suddenly, both attacks ceased. The two were panting heavily. My Charziard let out a roar of defiance. The Venusaur, not wanting to be outdone, snarled back. They moved to resume again when my Charizard collapsed.
I stood speechless as the intercom sounded.
-Give it up for the 6 time reigning Champion Red - the crowd went absolutly ecstatic. All I could do was stand there, speechless.
A/N well how about that! 8000+ word chapter. New record that shattered my 3000 old one. Of course I had to have Red win! His title is "The Battler." It would have been longer if more people submitted more OCs but oh well. A few did make a cameo appearance. Thank you to all who did submit OCs and I am still taking them. I have another battle scene coming where more are required. So how was my first attempt of writing about battles? Need critique and suggestions. Thanks for reading!
zBomb signing out!
Peace!